Eggnog Cheesecake

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Cheesecake Extraordinaire"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Chocolate Cookie Crust

• 11 chocolate-cream filled chocolate sandwich style cookies, crushed
• 0.61 ml ground nutmeg
• 44.37 ml butter or 44.37 ml margarine, melted

• Eggnog Filling

• 680.38 g cream cheese
• 177.44 ml sugar
• 24.64 ml cornstarch
• 4 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 7.39 ml ground nutmeg
• 6.16 ml vanilla extract
• 78.78 ml whipping cream
• 59.14 ml vanilla liqueur
• 29.58 ml light rum

directions

1. Make the crust: in a bowl, stir the crushed cookies and nutmeg; add melted butter and stir until combined.
2. Press cookie mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
3. Make the filling: in a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
4. Add in eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Beat in nutmeg and vanilla extract.
6. Stir in whipping cream, liqueur, and light rum.
7. Pour filling mixture over crust.
8. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 200° and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
9. Remove cake from oven and run a knife around the inside edge of pan; chill, uncovered, overnight.